I'm willing to bet that those at the fiat exchanges are trying to wrap their collective heads around this cryptocurrency phenomena wondering how the hell they can profit off it. Even those penny stock dudes are probably thinking about micro-penny stocks once they see that list of alt coins. |
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population of Russia: 143,400,000 TOR users before spike: 600,000 After spike: 1,250,000 Would be possible but if we look at the top 10 countries for the last week: United States 141816 (12,70 %) Brazil 76416 (6,84 %) Germany 75843 (6,79 %) France 68813 (6,16 %) Italy 55750 (4,99 %) Spain 51805 (4,64 %) United Kingdom 33899 (3,04 %) Argentina 33136 (2,97 %) Poland 30838 (2,76 %) Russia 29816 (2,67 %) Russia only has 29816 instead of 650,000+ users  If THAT building is completed in Utah, I would say that network is getting mirrored somehow, explaining the almost double usage. EDIT: Maybe I just confirmed my guess: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_CenterThe UDC is expected to store Internet data as well as phone records from the controversial NSA call database when it opens in 2013. What better way to test the new facility than with the Tor network, with somehow a glitch is causing the double effect via the stored mirroring. |
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If Rassah were to operate an escrow service (maybe he already is), I would highly recommend using it. The dude comes across highly honest, albeit owning a funking coffee table.
Seriously, what is this coffee table malarkey? I have a coffee table. It's nice. We salvaged it from a junk heap, and it was old, wooden, and nasty looking. Hubby sanded it down, spray painted the legs, crossbars, and underneath with grey hammered look spray-paint, making it look like cement, and used black shiny square tile all around the sides and top of the table edge. In the untiled center is a large clear piece of glass, and under the glass is a custom $300 piece of art. It is indeed NSFW, though in the say you would see NSFW art all over Italy or Greece. The table remains covered most of the time. Years ago someone took a picture of me laying on a couch by this table (dressed, of course), and this picture got out on the web. Once in a wile it has been used to poke fun at me, or as an example of how I am a bad or immoral person, ever since. Although slightly annoying, it doesn't really bother me. It's a nice table. Although a nice concise explanation, I'm sure the post would be much larger if keystroke asks you about Pinkie Pie.  I reread that episode last night and am still laughing my ass off. |
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The pool confused me aswell..
53 and white male. Which one do I click? |
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However, how do you wish to earn a income from this project?
There are some strategies (written on paper - which I don't have at hand at this moment) which include the google and facebook model of advertising. Some of these strategies that I have in mind right now cannot be shared, because that would involve to share some of the ideas of the project itself, and that would imply to "give away" some of the insights of the app. Long story short: There are strategies for this matter, but not very clear to be honest, and I'm still thinking of which one would be the best solution. PS: For the moment, I'm trying to focus on the execution of the project. Marketing has it's place, but it's not a priority at this time. Clearly, you've gone outta your way to make it more clear to us, thus I'll apologize for my previous snide remarks. Also, rechecking the site, I see you've clearly lower the amount and time frame by 30% and have the requested amount based in Bitcoin, no longer in dollars. That act alone should go a long way for all them VC bitcoiners. Smart move. |
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Prototype pics of it hashing are now a pre-requisite for any orders. That's my personal policy from now on.
BKKcoins and Burnin showed prototypes hashing while they were working on their open source projects.
I don't really see any reason why "reputable" companies should not be held to the same standard. And "reputable" is severely pushing it...
No pics = no $$
imao better be more strict on asic companies i prefer lose "possible" profits instead preordering mining devices i will not make the same mistake 2 times and i hardly understand how bfl still made a sold out  Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, scam artist and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum is widely but erroneously credited with coining the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum |
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Me too, I'd put them in black boxes and resell them. Haha just kidding, I don't want that Asian crap. hmm it is so sad, how this chinese idiot from basement fuck up with community here. no words to comment this..
I will answer no more sex preference questions. Future questions related to sex will be removed. To prove if the OP is lying or not, what sex was Charles Ponzi? |
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Gage having some fun? LOL.
I swear, it's not me! But I like this guy, taking the humor into consideration. |
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If we start spending other people's money on anything other than donations, it might be best to register and start acting like a "legitimate" non-profit.
How come? The IRS, my friend. I believe the Internal Revenue Service might insist bitcoins sent to us constitute "taxable income" unless we register as a 501c. I could be wrong, however. I don't have much experience in running non-profits. One issue with that: Bitcoin100 is not an American entity. I donate my time to it, and you, Bruno, and I are US citizens (dunno about edd), none of whom actually get a salary. Other people helping and volunteering are from other countries. So Bitcoin100 is really a web-based entity. One could argue that since I am running it, it is my personal thing, and I should do personal reporting of my own personal hobby project, specifically to make sure I'm not scamming with a fake "charity," but I don't claim to own Bitcoin100, am not in sole possession of the funds (others have the private key as well), and all activities are completely public, so there is nothing for me to scam or hide. This whole thing is one of those new tricky "global entity" things that many other international companies are struggling with...  The problem that you will run into is that you claim not to own those funds, but nobody else claims ownership of them either. The government does not like things to be unowned, so it would make sense to form some sort of organization which would lay claim to those funds (and thus they would not need to be added to your personal income for tax purposes). Even though Bitcoin100 is very loosely organized and probably falls under the category of "hobby" at the moment, I worry that using any funds to pay for services or purchase items might push us over some line (in the eyes of regulatory agencies). As you mention, BTC sent to the vanity address have thus far only been held on behalf of others until worthy charities have been chosen and I doubt any red flags have been raised as of yet. I am also a US citizen, BTW. As it stands now, I don't believe Bitcoin 100 is in danger of abiding my any strict rules/laws/guidelines. But the moment we do scale up, if that's the next course of action, then we may explore the 501(c)3 route. Apologies for carefully using my words in that previous sentence(s). The intent was not meant to cloak anything nefarious. |
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For starters, having a standalone website is probably a must. The website works fine, keystroke. I/we just feel that more information from you is desirable since Rassah raised possibly a valid point, but I wasn't too sure. I, personally, have no problem with your org. We want to just make sure there's no conflict with our supporters. Thank you kindly for providing your post a couple posts up from this one. If anybody has any questions, be feel free to ask keystroke. I'm sure he'll address any and all concerns. |
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Finally, this place can return to some normalcy.
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The "trolls" like Atlas were not funny at all. If you want funny, look at dank's mom when she's drunk on YouTube  Here I go, fixin' shit again! |
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At $85B a month, that equates to $32,793 per second. Sheets of $100 bills consist of 32 bills, thus 10 sheets per second just for the $100 bills. Doesn't leave much time to print the $1, $5, $10, $20, or the $50, let alone the set up time between runs, for the lines are not dedicated as I've just learned off YouTube via some plant manager.
Something doesn't add up! Obviously, "printing" is a metaphor and does not refer to actual physical paper notes. They're just increasing numbers in the bank's servers. Funny that some people insist on calling Bitcoin a "digital currency" while almost every single Euro and Dollar in existence (that is, more than 99%) exists only digital as well. I found some better numbers: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774850.htmlHow much money is printed each day? The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 38 million notes a day with a face value of approximately $541 million. That equates to $16.23B printed per month. The $85B is the amount of Bonds sold backed by the $16.23B printed. Not a bad racket! Any ideas on how to improve upon the idea? |
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If the bitcoin economy were to grow 100X then, assuming the cost of a 51% attack scales linearly, the USG would need to spend USD 1-2 billion which is becoming significant even for the USG.
One to two billion in not significant to the US. They are currently printing $85 billion per month in effort to stimulate the economy. They could easily fund a 51% attack. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/federal-reserve-bond-buying_n_3467097.htmlAt $85B a month, that equates to $32,793 per second. Sheets of $100 bills consist of 32 bills, thus 10 sheets per second just for the $100 bills. Doesn't leave much time to print the $1, $5, $10, $20, or the $50, let alone the set up time between runs, for the lines are not dedicated as I've just learned off YouTube via some plant manager. Something doesn't add up! |
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I'm one of the founders -- is there anything I can help with? Hey, bud, yes! We need more clarification on http://neuroethics.com/ as you suggested to us below. Also, I'm curious as to why the link no longer works or was that a PM link via Rassah? New charity suggestion: Would you consider donating to http://neuroethics.com/ if a BTC donation button was prominently displayed? It is a registered 501c3. Thanks! Looks like part of the Transhumanism movement. Thoughts? Bitcoin 100 doesn't have a hard line in sand as to what ideas are funded, but there is one for religious and political organizations. A majority of our funds were amassed based on that premise, thus not wanting to renege on our commitment. Any insight would help us make a more informed decision as to whether funding http://neuroethics.com/ is prudent. Bruno Kucinskas |
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Tenatively I conjecture that the only way that the USG could eliminate bitcoin would be to make its use illegal and then to use that as the legal basis for a State-funded 51% attack. For an entity with the financial resources of the USG, that would be a relatively trivial task at present. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests it could be done for probably less than US$ 20 million capital investment (~ capital cost US$ 20 per GHash/sec, network hash rate ~ 0.5Thash/sec). However, it would require a change in the law to make the use of bitcoin unlawful. This would be highly controversial if not unconstitutional. Furthermore, the cost will increase as the value of bitcoin increases. If the bitcoin economy were to grow 100X then, assuming the cost of a 51% attack scales linearly, the USG would need to PRINT USD 1-2 billion which is insignificant for the USG. There might also be technical ways to defend against such an attack, thought that's beyond my skill-set....
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The good ol' days.
Yep! I just got done rereading the episode. So funny, even today. BTW, I couldn't help but notice when you registered and your posting history. You didn't by chance have a Temporary pony farm, did you? Nope. Damn! Have to admit, it was a long shot. Also have to admit, I believe PP is still among us--BUT WHO? I think Atlas was right about this one. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45298.msg539765#msg539765I wonder what Atlas is doing now. |
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